Oilers are giving up way too many grade A chances all the time. Maybe they miss Kris Russell on the pk. Bouchard is a shadow of what he was last year. He used to have a heavy sneaky wrist shot that used to get through from the point and now all he has is a big wind up that he telegraphs and it's pretty much always blocked. The defence is awful and they have a lot of trouble controlling and keeping pucks in at the point. And it looks like the 5 man unit game structure Woody preached last year is falling on deaf ears as forwards aren't coming back consistently to help out the d and breaking up the ice together. Not supporting each other. All in all just horrible hockey.
Oilers is probably the worst PK in the league after tonight's game. It is stupid that there is only 1 penalty call against Washington. They need to do better tomorrow.
Sorry to say but i think at the mo , i can do better in Defensive position ( sign me up , ken 😂)… And i hate to say but skinner’s inexperience is showing in the NHL (Not just this game ) at this level some of those goals should of been saved , IMM ONLY THINKING of the team 1st ..although skinner is a local and GREAT person ..THE TEAM COMES 1ST AND RESULTS TALK on the ICE !!!..✌🏾..
The team needs to address the number of penalties they are taking! In my mind it shows how management has miss managed their Cap and we will I believe struggle this year to make the playoffs.
The penalty kill and the Penalties killed them hard! Bouchard had me screaming at him! Cross check to the face after closing to 1 goal and on a rush?! are you fucking serious???? What the hell is happening in the locker room? It's like there is a breakdown to their on ice chemistry! Stupid penalties and no PK structure! It seems like they are lost. Too many restructuring lines? no communication and they keep passing too softly and other team intercepts. And the passes they do get up ice goes between their feet! It's like they never had a training camp!
The trainer should stop handing out “stupid pills” to the players – especially the 3rd line players and several defensemen. The PK is a complete joke! … This team lost to one of the most injured and beat-up teams in the league – right before they play 3 powerful teams. … To use a word recently used by one of their goaltenders, “pathetic.” … Oh, and TSN & CHED, stop quoting, “it’s a marathon, not a sprint.” If you fall enough times at the beginning of a marathon, it’s the same result.
Every one so over dramatic. The oilers form game 3 to 16 have one 2 day break between games and played a lot of very good team in that time. Not including empty net goals they lost one game by more than a goal(Stars). Calm down
Poor effort. Looks like Keith and Rusty missing .Jesse looked like an anchor on the first line where Cassie had to comment on it. Defence still soft. Nuge McD and Drai were great as usual. Keep the vids rolling
I think it's time Mr Holland takes Mike Grear up on his offer and make a trade Campbell Koekoe Murry and Fogel to San Jose for Riemer, dman and a 5th round draft pick in this year's entry draft
Where do I start? Let's start with this… Skinner's dream came true. An inexperienced goalie being cocky in an interview "I can't wait to face Ovie's shot" unlucky for Skinner Ovie got wind of that cocky comment. Made Skinner feel like a Bakersfield goalie again. I said it a thousand times PullyourRV will be a passenger the entire year. I said it a thousand times Oil's defense is bottom 5 in the league. Now we can painfully add bottom 5 PK to that list. The good news, the Oiler's do one thing perfectly. They lose really badly as a team and win really well with 5 guys. Let's break this down for a second. Acquired no ball breaking shut down D in the summer, Kane was an easy signing, resigning historically non producing passengers with multi million dollar contracts, soup is generally served hot, but evidently $25M bought 5 years of sipping on cold soup. I try not to think about our $9M – wish I could say bionic man, but more like the ironic man. And finally, Jay Woodcroft. He's so confused and flustered without Russel and Kieth his NHL coaching dreams are slowly unraveling. Does Manson need to be canned? Does Shwartz need to be canned? I've never liked the nick name soup. "Canned and Soup" go far to well together. Let's turn our focus over to Holland. It didn't take a rocket scientist to do what he did over the summer. I said it a thousand times Holland is not a good negotiator, he's not a closer. If he was we wouldn't be structured today to allow 4 pp goals in the back of our net in ONE NIGHT!! Unfortunately, the Oiler's problems are systemic. Up and down the line up throughout the organization. If Holland was running a real business in the real world he'd be out of business. Why? Because year after year he depends on only 4 producers to bring home his bacon. McDavid, Drai, Hyman and Nuge. Maybe Kane now. When those 4 or 5 guys stop producing there ain't no more deposits going into the bank account. Simple 101 business understanding. One would think Holland would recognize and address this when he had the chance. But like I said he ain't no rocket scientist. One would think Holland would hear the moans and feel the aches and pains of McDavid and Draisaitl needing that cup now, today, this year. Not next year. But nope let's keep all our draft picks locked in our safety deposit box, and keep all our predictable passengers and give it another kick at the can for another 82 games. Like I said Holland ain't no rocket scientist. Woodcroft is now realizing why he's getting paid millions of dollars and not the shit rookie money you get in the minors. It's all on his shoulders to figure this out and fix this God awful mess.
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Oilers are giving up way too many grade A chances all the time. Maybe they miss Kris Russell on the pk. Bouchard is a shadow of what he was last year. He used to have a heavy sneaky wrist shot that used to get through from the point and now all he has is a big wind up that he telegraphs and it's pretty much always blocked. The defence is awful and they have a lot of trouble controlling and keeping pucks in at the point. And it looks like the 5 man unit game structure Woody preached last year is falling on deaf ears as forwards aren't coming back consistently to help out the d and breaking up the ice together. Not supporting each other. All in all just horrible hockey.
Oilers is probably the worst PK in the league after tonight's game. It is stupid that there is only 1 penalty call against Washington. They need to do better tomorrow.
Sorry to say but i think at the mo , i can do better in Defensive position ( sign me up , ken 😂)…
And i hate to say but skinner’s inexperience is showing in the NHL (Not just this game ) at this level some of those goals should of been saved , IMM ONLY THINKING of the team 1st ..although skinner is a local and GREAT person ..THE TEAM COMES 1ST AND RESULTS TALK on the ICE !!!..✌🏾..
Just came home from the game. It was a great game but the PK absolutely killed the Oilers
The team needs to address the number of penalties they are taking! In my mind it shows how management has miss managed their Cap and we will I believe struggle this year to make the playoffs.
Pathetic how the caps are so banged up and have so many key players out…still run all over us..
For the love of God…why the hell is Ryan Murry in for Nemo!!?? How is Murry still even on this team!!??
Foegele, Yamamoto, Bison King are all deadweight. The defence is horrendous
It’s over
The penalty kill and the Penalties killed them hard! Bouchard had me screaming at him! Cross check to the face after closing to 1 goal and on a rush?! are you fucking serious???? What the hell is happening in the locker room? It's like there is a breakdown to their on ice chemistry! Stupid penalties and no PK structure! It seems like they are lost. Too many restructuring lines? no communication and they keep passing too softly and other team intercepts. And the passes they do get up ice goes between their feet! It's like they never had a training camp!
The trainer should stop handing out “stupid pills” to the players – especially the 3rd line players and several defensemen. The PK is a complete joke! … This team lost to one of the most injured and beat-up teams in the league – right before they play 3 powerful teams. … To use a word recently used by one of their goaltenders, “pathetic.” … Oh, and TSN & CHED, stop quoting, “it’s a marathon, not a sprint.” If you fall enough times at the beginning of a marathon, it’s the same result.
Lots to complain about but no point looking past penalty kill which is losing every game.
Every one so over dramatic. The oilers form game 3 to 16 have one 2 day break between games and played a lot of very good team in that time. Not including empty net goals they lost one game by more than a goal(Stars). Calm down
Terrible dzone coverage. Whoever is doing the x and o s needs to give extra classes to our guys.
Poor effort. Looks like Keith and Rusty missing .Jesse looked like an anchor on the first line where Cassie had to comment on it. Defence still soft. Nuge McD and Drai were great as usual. Keep the vids rolling
I think it's time Mr Holland takes Mike Grear up on his offer and make a trade Campbell Koekoe Murry and Fogel to San Jose for Riemer, dman and a 5th round draft pick in this year's entry draft
Where do I start? Let's start with this… Skinner's dream came true. An inexperienced goalie being cocky in an interview "I can't wait to face Ovie's shot" unlucky for Skinner Ovie got wind of that cocky comment. Made Skinner feel like a Bakersfield goalie again. I said it a thousand times PullyourRV will be a passenger the entire year. I said it a thousand times Oil's defense is bottom 5 in the league. Now we can painfully add bottom 5 PK to that list. The good news, the Oiler's do one thing perfectly. They lose really badly as a team and win really well with 5 guys. Let's break this down for a second. Acquired no ball breaking shut down D in the summer, Kane was an easy signing, resigning historically non producing passengers with multi million dollar contracts, soup is generally served hot, but evidently $25M bought 5 years of sipping on cold soup. I try not to think about our $9M – wish I could say bionic man, but more like the ironic man. And finally, Jay Woodcroft. He's so confused and flustered without Russel and Kieth his NHL coaching dreams are slowly unraveling. Does Manson need to be canned? Does Shwartz need to be canned? I've never liked the nick name soup. "Canned and Soup" go far to well together. Let's turn our focus over to Holland. It didn't take a rocket scientist to do what he did over the summer. I said it a thousand times Holland is not a good negotiator, he's not a closer. If he was we wouldn't be structured today to allow 4 pp goals in the back of our net in ONE NIGHT!! Unfortunately, the Oiler's problems are systemic. Up and down the line up throughout the organization. If Holland was running a real business in the real world he'd be out of business. Why? Because year after year he depends on only 4 producers to bring home his bacon. McDavid, Drai, Hyman and Nuge. Maybe Kane now. When those 4 or 5 guys stop producing there ain't no more deposits going into the bank account. Simple 101 business understanding. One would think Holland would recognize and address this when he had the chance. But like I said he ain't no rocket scientist. One would think Holland would hear the moans and feel the aches and pains of McDavid and Draisaitl needing that cup now, today, this year. Not next year. But nope let's keep all our draft picks locked in our safety deposit box, and keep all our predictable passengers and give it another kick at the can for another 82 games. Like I said Holland ain't no rocket scientist. Woodcroft is now realizing why he's getting paid millions of dollars and not the shit rookie money you get in the minors. It's all on his shoulders to figure this out and fix this God awful mess.
Nurse and Ceci looked like a couple pilons out there. Foegle with a bumble for Washington's first goal. The team needs a lot of work!
I cheer for the Oilers over every other team in the league.. except Washington. Makes it a fun watch no matter what.
The Caps are so injured and missing key players and still beat the Oilers. The Oiler's d is atrocious. Barrie..
Holland needs to make the moves he should have before the season started: Foegele – that giveaway was awful -, Barrie and Puljujarvi.
I think way to much overreactions here